Saturday, November 15, 2008

[story] 2 in 1

"There was a paddy field outside the village and very near to a dense forest. While working there, the villagers appointed John for looking out any wild animals and warning the people whenever some man eater comes so that they could join together and fight against it. It was a boring job for John.

One day John decided to play some trick. He suddenly started shouting 'Tiger.. Tiger.. Help..' All the villagers rushed with all the instruments to save John. As it was a fake call, all were disappointed but John was laughing in his mind.
The next day, getting bored he did that trick again. And the villagers were disappointed badly this time.

The third day, really the tiger came!! Oops.. John shouted for help. The villagers thought it as a fake call and continued with their work. John tried his best to fight with the tiger. Luckily with bad injuries he escaped his life. The villagers felt very sorry for him.

Next day also John went with the villagers for the same job. What do you think the villagers will do if John plays the same trick again?
Boring John shouted for help without any wild animals around. The villagers rushed for help. Seeing no animals around they asked John not to shout simply as it could lead to similar problems faced by John when the tiger really came.

Now, if John shouts next day also the villagers would again run for help, because they dont want to loose John for his kiddish behavior. This would repeat indefinitely even if the villagers get bored of running for help :)

As I was seeing all this happening in the village, I realized and told John that 'There are some things in the world which you cannot ignore even though it did not help you in anyways for so many times'." To explain further, I told him a story. Let me tell you that story...


"I was driving the new 'Chevrolet malibu' at 110 mph (this 'mph' gives a clue that I am driving in US). Looked like I was in rush for something, but not.

My friend was also there with me in the car and we were hearing nice Indian songs as we were enjoying the ride. I know you will know her name. This relaxing ride is the usual thing that we do everyday evening.

Each time I need to turn the car to the next lane of the road, I had to move myself little front and check for any vehicles through the rear view mirror. I need to move to avoid any blind spots. I have observed some times that a vehicle next to me does not appear in the rear view mirror unless I move a little. So, every time I was moving to confirm that no vehicle comes in the next lane before turning the car to that lane. I told my friend that this is a very boring job for me and I am going to miss it sometime.

But I know that I cannot afford to hit another vehicle by not watching the rear view mirror properly. She told me that 'There are some things in the world which you cannot ignore even though it did not help you in anyways for so many times'." To explain further, she told me the story of villagers and John which is above.

6 comments:

  1. Haha... A very good story... But, still you could not beat your masterpiece: http://vijaydotb.blogspot.com/2008/05/story-robot-in-city.html

    So, now I am sure, you are a lover of indefinite loops... I think you have had some good experience in using while(1){...} :). Why I am saying is, I recollected one more of your brilliant story which has a while(1) in it: http://vijaydotb.blogspot.com/2008/03/story-ditto-i-told.html

    I have no doubt that your beautiful intelligent friend's name is Mala... whom you never told me who she really is.

    Keep rocking!!! Your Khaitan.

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  2. Ha! Even if you think that infinite loops and repeated things are boring to include in your stories, you seem not to be able to ignore them ... Correcta ?

    Good work !!

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  3. Really a very valid point that you have brought up thru this story.
    I personally have felt this when testing software.

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  4. Yes Sathyan, there are lot of examples around this point. One I felt yesterday is this -
    we need to goto railway station on time everytime eventhough the train is famous for coming very late everytime.

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